Andigena nigrirostris

The black-billed mountain Toucan is a medium-sized climbing bird, slightly resembling a hornbill, with a large but lighter beak, serrated edges, and a brightly colored beak. Feathers are also colorful. The long mouth takes up one-third of the body length, like a mouth knife. The mouth is very beautiful, the upper part is yellow, slightly pale green, and the lower part is dark blue. Its body color is very bright, and with half yellow around the eyes, half sky blue feathers, black head, white chest, chestnut back and wings, formed a harmonious and colorful beautiful picture.

The black-billed Toucan is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Andigena nigrirostris, Black-billed Mountain Toucan, has 3 subspecies.

The black-billed Toucan is gregarious and prefers to live in treetops. It is also the noisiest forest bird, capable of making loud rumbles, trumpets and screeches. Its nest is built in a hole high in a tree. When eating, always peck the food with the tip of the mouth first, then tilt the neck, throw the food upward, and then open the big mouth to accurately put the food into the throat, without having to go through the long mouth and spend time in the process of "swallowing". The bird is omnivorous, feeding on fruits, seeds, and insects, and sometimes raiding the nests of small birds, eating eggs and chicks.

The black-billed Toucan nests in tree cavities. - Lay 2 to 4 eggs. Smooth white eggs are piled in unlined holes and hatch in about 16 days. The hatchlings are completely naked, take at least three weeks to open their eyes, and begin to live their lives about 45 days after hatching.

Listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 3.1:2009 Red List of birds - Low Risk (LC).

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